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Near here also is C. Luehmonni, Baker (Bull Oak), the first 

 met with in coming from Bourke. This tree has an extensive 

 range, and is very common in the Forbes to Dubbo districts. 

 Although it does not appear to grow in the direct line between 

 Bourke and Euabalong, yet to the east of this line it extends 

 north and south, covering a strip of country at least 100 miles 

 wide, and finally going north-west to Barringan (R. T. Baker) on 

 the Queensland border. Its easterly course is stopped as soon as 

 the cold highlands are approached, it being a distinctly warm 

 country species. The most eastern points are reached by its 

 creeping up along the valleys of the large rivers. Near the 

 Lachlan there are a few trees on Neila station, six miles south- 

 east of Cowra. Along the elevated parts of the Macquarie it 

 may be found in limited quantities between Hill End and 

 Bathurst, but its highest point is reached above the latter place, 

 at one mile east of O'Connell; on the south side, and close to the 

 Fish River, there are about a dozen stunted trees growing on a 

 granite bluff. The specimens collected had only fruit in a very 

 young stage, but the whole of the evidence available, including 

 bark and wood, points to the conclusion that they have been 

 properly identified. The land around is occupied, and it is likely 

 that before long the species will be extinct in this locality. In 

 no other place have I found it growing at an altitude exceeding 

 2,000 feet above sea level, and seldom above 1,500 feet. The 

 fact of these trees being stunted may be accounted for by their 

 being in a climate too cold for them; but whether they are the 

 remnants of a former luxuriant growth in this locality or simply 

 a few stragglers outside their regular limit, are questions which 

 cannot be answered without considerable investigation It is 

 fully 25 miles down the river from O'Connell before any other 

 trees of Bull Oak are found, though possibly others may have 

 existed before the country was cleared. 



In many localities C. Luelimanni grows near C. Camhac/ei 

 (Belah), but is easily distinguished from that species by its rougher 

 bark, thicker branchlets, smaller fruits, and more especially its 

 timber, which is full of medullary rays, that of Belah showing 



